Rick Bassman's Talking Tough

Longtime Wrestling, MMA and acting talent manager/trainer/WWE Recruiter and developer Rick Bassman does an extended shoot interview with The Hannibal TV discussing such topics has his health issues, drug issues, WWE sponsored rehab, history as a music promoter, starting such legends in the wrestling business as Sting, The Ultimate Warrior & John Cena, managing legendary MMA fighters such as Tito Ortiz, Tank Abbott, Ken Shamrock, Bas Rutten and many others, working in the entertainment and bar industry, hooking up talent with acting gigs and much more!

On Talking Tough today, Rick welcomes in super Agent Darren Prince Darren's A-List celebrities have included Muhammad Ali, Hulk Hogan, Pele, Joe Montana, Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy. Darren has been featured in outlets such as Your World With Neil Cavuto, The Big Idea with Donny Deutsch, CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, Hannity & Colmes, ESPN, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, USA Today, Forbes’ Sports Money, On the record with Greta Van Susteren, Howard Stern radio, CNBC The Closing Bell and a variety of others for his marketing expertise. On the show Rick and Darren will discuss reaching the highs of their profession, while also battling drug addiction and depression.

Former Head of WWE's UPW Developmental Territory as well as Combat Sports and Acting agent to many top MMA fighters and Wrestler's Rick Bassman discusses his dealings with Tank Abbott and The Miz over the years!

This week on the 3-WAY DANCE on Talking Tough with Rick Bassman, Rick sits down with former WWE TNA ECW World Champion Rob Van Dam and UFC MMA Icon Wesley Cabbage Correira. Rick and the guys are talking pro wrestling, MMA, Weed, depression, and so much more!

On Talking Tough today, Rick welcomes in Olivier Gruner, who is a French former naval commando, actor, director, producer, screenwriter, martial artist, and pilot. As a martial artist, Gruner was a full-time kickboxer in France for 8 years from 1981 to 1988. He became France middleweight champion, then middleweight full-contact kickboxing world champion in 1985, and again middleweight kickboxing world champion in 1986.

Join me and long-time friend and renaissance man GUY GRUNDY, a came-from-nothing self-made man who is successfully living life his own way. The Aussie immigrant went from champion bodybuilder, street fighter and bodyguard-to-the-stars to action actor/producer/director. His strongly opinionated, firm-in-his convictions, take-no-prisoners attitude is always combined with a wry sense of humor.

On this week's, THE RING + THE CAGE - Hashimoto Will Kill Me. Rick tells a great story of his time in Japan and having to go one on one with Japanese Pro Wrestling legend Shinya Hashimoto.

On Today's TALL TALES with Rick Bassman, Rick recalls a time in Japan where he was “Running a collection on the Yakuza”.

UPW defends the honor of pro wrestling, against the National Football League.

With just 3 weeks notice, Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) replaces WWE to fight the NFL –who have been training for 6 months-- on FX Network’s “Team Toughman.” Amongst admonitions from the promoters that “hey guys, we know this wrasslin’ stuff is fake, but OUR fights are real,” we get real serious, real fast. UPW is, after all… defending the honor of all of professional wrestling

Each week, join us for a brand new edition of "Tall Tales," as Rick Bassman tells us a story he wrote about in his autobiography, "Little Big Man." Tall Tales - “Me, The Movie Producer.” How to make an absolute, unwatchable piece of garbage for $650,000, aka laundering money for a Las Vegas “waste management” family. But not all is lost… while making one of cinematic history’s worst-offerings eves, I get to hang out with Rowdy Roddy Piper, Mr. Miyaga, The Incredible Hulk, The Tool Time Girl and George Jefferson in the process.”